The Death Penalty in the OSCE Area • OSCE participating States should make information about their use of the death penalty available to the public.150 This information should include legislative changes to the scope or use of the death penalty, the number and identity of people sentenced to death, the exact crime for which the death sentence is imposed, the number of people on death row, the number of acts of clemency, and the number of people executed; • OSCE participating States should allow NGOs to visit prisons, including death row and execution chambers. Recommendations to the OSCE, its institutions and field operations: • The OSCE should continue to condemn the veil of secrecy surrounding the use of the death penalty in some of those states that still apply it, and should continue to explore ways of assisting the authorities in those states to ensure that statistical and other information on the death penalty is made public; • The OSCE should develop guidelines for participating States as to what exactly the commitment to make information on the use of the death penalty available to the public entails; • The OSCE should condemn disregard for existing standards on the use of the death penalty and explore ways of assisting those states that still use the death penalty in order to ensure compliance with these standards; • The OSCE political bodies should strongly support the efforts of relevant OSCE field operations to place the issue of the death penalty on the agenda for dialogue with their host governments; • The ODIHR should continue to facilitate exchange of information on the question of the abolition of the death penalty through dissemination of information, publications, and the organization of roundtables and conferences; • Upon request, the ODIHR should provide technical assistance and expertise to the OSCE participating States on the implementation of international standards on the use of the death penalty. 150  Copenhagen Document of 1990. 70